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School of Communication alum, Michael Aho ’02, will be presented with an East Carolina Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award Friday, October 16, 2015.

In recognition of this award, the School of Communication is hosting an open house in his honor, Friday, October 16 from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the Joyner East Conference Room 101.

Throughout the years, Aho has been a great supporter of ECU and the School of Communication. Aho helped create the School of Communication alumni group, CommCrew, and currently serves on the school’s advisory board. Aho received the inaugural School of Communication Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010. Additionally, Aho has funded a scholarship opportunity for the School of Communication with the Michael Aho Annual Scholarship for Communication that awards an undergraduate or graduate student in communication majors $1000.

Currently, Aho is a political officer at the U.S. Department of State. Throughout his career, Aho has been involved in international relations having served at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York. Now in Washington, D.C., he works on European security issues. He has received numerous awards for his service in his career, to his Alma Maters, and within his community.

About receiving this distinguished award, Aho stated it “is unexpected at this point in my life and incredibly humbling. “ He went on to say that the recognition is “really less about me and more about what ECU is choosing to recognize—that younger alumni are movers and shakers in their line of work. The recognition means a lot because I hope it shows anyone that anything is possible.”